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Logging in to the vSphere interface |
Find out about the different ways you can log in to vSphere |
2020-11-18 |
This guide explains the different ways to connect to the vSphere client.
- a Managed Bare Metal infrastructure of which you are an administrative contact (to receive login credentials)
- a user account with access to vSphere (created in the OVHcloud Control Panel)
Login credentials are sent out by email when the Managed Bare Metal service is created, when a password is changed or when a user profile is created.
Name/IP address: pcc-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ovh.com Username: admin password: xxxxxx
To ensure access, please refer to the VMware documentation, in which the different ports to be opened in your firewall are listed: Client access{.external}.
The HTML5 web client is available on the Managed Bare Metal web interface at this URL: https://pcc-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ovh.com/ui (replace pcc-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ovh.com with your Managed Bare Metal address).
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You will arrive at this interface:
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The Home{.action} page provides accces to the main menus of your vCenter. You will be able to perform various actions, such as:
- deploying a virtual machine by going to
Hosts and Clusters{.action} - browsing your datastores.
The Flash web client is available on the Managed Bare Metal web interface at this URL: https://pcc-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ovh.com/vsphere-client (replace pcc-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.ovh.com with your Managed Bare Metal address).
Log in using the credentials that were sent to you:
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You can then access this interface:
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On the Home{.action} page you can find your vCenter main menus. You will be able to perform a number of actions, such as:
- deploying a virtual machine by going to
Hosts and Clusters{.action} - browsing your data stores.
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